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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93.The Royal Household Bureau said she died in a hospital in Bangkok, adding that she began suffering from a blood infection on Oct. 17 and despite her medical team’s efforts, her condition did not improve. She suffered a stroke in 2012 and was afterwards largely absent from public life due to declining health. Her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died in October 2016.The bureau’s statement said King Maha Vajiralongkorn had directed that she…
Brenden Aaronson and Joe Rodon scored early goals as Leeds beat West Ham 2-1 at Elland Road to heap more misery on the Londoners.Aaronson pounced on a rebound before Rodon headed Leeds 2-0 up inside 15 minutes and they held on for their third Premier League win of the season after Hammers substitute Mateus Fernandes’ last-minute header cut the deficit.West Ham have made their worst start to a top-flight season, with four points from their first nine matches, and after their winless league run was extended to six games they remain in the bottom three.Hammers head coach Nuno Espirito Santo,…
Daniel Jebbison completed a remarkable comeback against his former club as Preston came from two goals down to beat Sheffield United 3-2 at Deepdale.The on-loan Bournemouth forward was getting an earful from visiting fans but he silenced the noise with a powerfully headed 58th-minute winner. Andre Brooks had put the Blades ahead with his first goal of the season after 10 minutes and Callum O’Hare’s scintillating solo effort doubled the advantage six minutes later.Lewis Dobbin halved the arrears from just outside the box in first-half stoppage time before Japhet Tanganga put through his own net less than a minute into…
West Ham’s disastrous season continued as a devastatingly bad first 15 minutes proved critical in a 2-1 defeat to Leeds at Elland Road.After a poor 2-0 loss at home to Brentford on Monday, Nuno Espirito Santo called for an improved performance in terms of effort. But not even West Ham’s fiercest rivals could have scripted such a bad start. The goals came from West Ham’s usual deficiencies: crosses and corners. In Leeds’ first attack after three minutes, Brenden Aaronson tapped home from close range as the hosts won two penalty-box duels in the air.Then from Leeds’ first corner of the…
Zachary Athekame scored with a long-range drive in injury time to rescue a 2-2 draw for Serie A leader AC Milan against bottom club Pisa on Friday and avoid what would have been the surprise result of the Italian league season so far.Athekame was about 10 yards outside the area when the ball was played to him following a corner, but his low shot found its way through traffic and inside the near post to deny Pisa a first win at Milan since 1981.The newly promoted side has yet to win a game since returning to the top tier this…
President Donald Trump late Friday blasted the Ontario provincial government in Canada for waiting until after the first two games of the World Series to pause a television ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.”They could have pulled it tonight,” Trump told reporters at the White House as he headed to fly to Asia.”Well, that’s dirty play,” he said. “But I can play dirtier than they can, you know.”Trump had cited the ad in his decision on Thursday night to trade negotiations with Canada.Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday afternoon said he would pause the ad on Monday so…
My fellow Americans:Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan will be visiting me here at the White House next week. It’s an important visit, because, while I expect to take up our relations with our good friend Japan, which overall remain excellent, recent disagreements between our two countries on the issue of trade will also be high on our agenda.As perhaps you’ve heard, last week I placed new duties on some Japanese products in response to Japan’s inability to enforce their trade agreement with us on electronic devices called semiconductors. Now, imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind…
Intel snapped a losing streak of six straight quarterly losses and returned to profitability in the third quarter.In its first earnings report since the Trump administration acquired a 10% stake in the company, the U.S. chipmaker posted strong revenue, noting robust demand for chips that it expects to continue into 2026.Client computing revenue, which includes chips for PCs and laptops, grew 5% year over year, benefiting from PC market stabilization and artificial intelligence PC prospects.CEO Lip-Bu Tan said in a call with analysts Thursday that artificial intelligence “is a strong foundation for sustainable long-term growth as we execute.”The chip strength…
Brighton face Manchester United on Saturday with six wins from the last seven Premier League meetings between the sides. Two of them were masterminded by Fabian Hurzeler last season. The youngest head coach in the country is going for a third.The trip to Old Trafford, scene of a 3-1 victory in January, is another chance for the 32-year-old to show his potential to be one of the game’s next elite coaches and comes with Brighton unbeaten in five games following last weekend’s win over Newcastle. “It’s always a privilege to play in that stadium against one of the biggest clubs…
Hoka shoes are seen in a store in Krakow, Poland on February 1, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of footwear maker Deckers Brands plunged 15% Friday after the company trimmed its sales guidance for Hoka and Ugg — the two brands driving its growth — over concerns that tariffs are leading to a slide in demand.Hoka, an up-and-coming running shoe brand, is now expected to grow by a low-teens percentage in fiscal 2026 after growing 24% in the year-ago period, while Boots brand Ugg is expected to grow in the range of a low to mid single-digit percentage, after…